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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
While some Tumbuk-lada may have wider blades, there are many with blades indiscernable from those of sewars. Yet, they still are Tumbuk-lada because in this case, it is the hilt that has the defining role.
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Hi Marius,
I think that this is your own classification while others seemingly have an other classification, see for example here:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=sewar
It's a name game and I guess that hundred years in future will be still a similar discussion!
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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
same goes for example with the Rencong that quite often has a blade absolutely identical to that of a Sewar, but distinguishes by its long, strongly curved hilt.
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Similar discussion, one person will call it rencong with sewar hilt, others sewar. And there are differences between sewar and rencong blades.
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Originally Posted by mariusgmioc
here are the photos of a few sewars in my collection. The first one to the left has rhino hilt an upper scabbard. And I have another one that I couldn't find. They are rather small in size (around 23 cm).
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Nice collection of fine sewar examples! Like said, I strongly doubt that the handles and cross pieces of the scabbards are from rhino horn, it would be the first I see! Any close-ups where you can show it clearly?
Regards,
Detlef